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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Personally... I think the China-Russia threat is exaggerated.
They would be stupid to attack Japan. And whatever I accuse the Chinese of... the one thing they aren't is stupid.
The only useful purpose the American bases in Japan have are the threat of China against Taiwan.
It's kind of why I'm a little bit conflicted on the issue myself. I support Taiwanese independence... but I suppose it's not Japan's business.
It's why I think a South East Asian security bloc designed to counter the threats of China and the influence of the US is a thing that SEA countries including Japan and South Korea and hopefully India should be working towards.
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The problem is SEA is not working towards it and there are so many issues between Asian countries involved it will be long time before they ever see anything like the EU. China is dominate right now and will only get stronger politically and economically, but imo China is still too infantile in their new rise to know how to handle the power they might weld someday. China is not stupid and they themselves know this to be a fact. It takes more than be strong economically and politically to be a world power one must know how to wield it.
Im conflicted myself about the bases i feel the Okinawan resident about noise and pollution and the destruction of natural wildlife and habitats. However, the latest research reports i read is that an overwhelming majority of Japanese citizens want the bases. Iv spoken numerous experts at American University and at University of Maryland and they all tend to say the same thing. The Japanese need but ask and the US would leave Japan but its so much more complicated than we are making it out to be.